OFFICIAL 2021 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - YAWNIST WITH THE CLOSEOUT 50 PIECE - BUCKS WITH FIRST CHIP SINCE ‘73 - CP0 LOSES AGAIN

[addict4sneakers]

It’s a random dude but this mentality exists Hank Scorpio

like European players can’t be divas

 

[D StaXX]

Don’t let me catch you in DFW if you jump ship. We already had D StaXX leave

My Lakers My Mavs

 

[s-blaze]

Greak Freak

Hip thrust to champion

 

[dman14]

Bobby will forever be a milwaukee sports legend
came up huge when the offense was reeling
brought hella intensity. crowd played off him

 

[rolaholic]

Giannis with an epic finals, harden in paris holding lil babys weed and backwoods

 

[osh kosh bosh]

The discussion in 2019 after the Raps won that chip:

1. KD and Klay being hurt ala Kyrie getting hurt for Giannis.

2. Yes he had one chip, but wasn't the best player on the Spurs. Also he had what you'd consider 2 elite playoff runs (2017 & 2019). Giannis had 2019 and this year. Giannis has also had the dominant regular season stuff that Kawhi doesn't have hence the b2b regular season MVPs. His Finals performance is the best since Shaq in 2000. Can't be touting Kawhi in 2019 and try to question Giannis now.

- Steph and Klay Warriors are better than every team the Bucks faced.
- that series was basically a gentleman's sweep that got pushed to 6 with a couple crazy shots.
- injuries go both ways, Kawhi was cooked physically halfway through the bucks series,
and was on one leg against the warriors.

its not at all clear to me what the outcome would be if both teams are fully healthy.

where its pretty obvious Brooklyn was going to stomp the Bucks.




also wut 2019 Gannis was not an elite playoff run, he had a 570% ts far below his regular season norms

and was pretty clearly neutralized by the raptor defense. nothing comparable had happened to Kawhi previous to 2019.

 

[aquatic barefoot]

Is this man holding burger patties?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Look Gannis is a great player, that was an all time great performance.


All im saying is if next year they face a team with reasonable defensive personal to guard him
and it's a replay of the Raptor series..

.that's going to put a serious dent in some of the more extreme claims about Gannis place in history.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Yup. He's right in the thick of the GOAT Power Forward conversation behind Timmy even if he never played another game.

this is crazy.

How about we give it a year and see if he can do this against tougher match ups?

 

[rolaholic]

Where's Kwame when you need him

Dudes really acting dumb or disingenuous as hell like they don't know what a super team is

No one on the planet considered either Middleton or Jrue to be top 50 players a month ago

 

[ShoeGameBoss]

I’m happy for PJ Tucker

 

[don ramon]

happy a foreign born player like giannis did what he did last night

 

[Mark Antony]

It’s a random dude but this mentality exists Hank Scorpio

like European players can’t be divas

That type of stuff is corporate propaganda used to take advantage of foreign players not familiar with American capitalism.

 

[addict4sneakers]

That type of stuff is corporate propaganda used to take advantage of foreign players not familiar with American capitalism.

fans want capitalism for everyone except for their favorite NBA players

 

[friscostylez]

We need someone to cancel SJax man...almost every time someone brings him up in here, he's doing/saying dumb af

 

[ahat]

Where's Kwame when you need him

Dudes really acting dumb or disingenuous as hell like they don't know what a super team is

No one on the planet considered either Middleton or Jrue to be top 50 players a month ago

The hate is wild. Not even 24hrs later people still tryna discredit what they achieved.

 

[HIM]

Free CP3. Hope he leaves so Booker and those bums can go back to being a lottery team for another decade

 

[Maximus Meridius]

This dude and Ayton?

Who would you put

 

[addict4sneakers]

Who would you put

zion

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Where's Kwame when you need him

Dudes really acting dumb or disingenuous as hell like they don't know what a super team is

No one on the planet considered either Middleton or Jrue to be top 50 players a month ago

Yo I deadass don't like this *****

 

[osh kosh bosh]

It’s a random dude but this mentality exists Hank Scorpio

like European players can’t be divas

lol again with this aau bull ****?

 

[ahat]

No love for bam?

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Where's Kwame when you need him

Dudes really acting dumb or disingenuous as hell like they don't know what a super team is

No one on the planet considered either Middleton or Jrue to be top 50 players a month ago

Him and Thskip on TV looking crazy. Thskip was just saying during the Nets series the Bucks are better w/o Giannis, Jack keep tryna push this "Middleton is the Bucks best player" nonsense. Now both of 'em sticking to their guns instead of just saying I was wrong.

 

[s-blaze]

Yeeessss

 

[MVP]

Look Gannis is a great player, that was an all time great performance.


All im saying is if next year they face a team with reasonable defensive personal to guard him
and it's a replay of the Raptor series..

.that's going to put a serious dent in some of the more extreme claims about Gannis place in history.

We just saw how Kawhi choked last year against the Nuggets though who were fully healthy. It's clear you have a bias just cause the Raptors win the chip with Kawhi so you wanna overlook the similar injury circumstance.

But these are the facts:

Giannis in 8 seasons:
MIPOTY
5x All Star
1x ASG MVP
5x All NBA (Three 1st team selections)
4x All NBA Defense (Three 1st team selections)
1x DPOTY
2x League MVP
1x Finals MVP
1x Champ

Kawhi in 10 seasons:
5x All Star
1x ASG MVP
5x All NBA (Three 1st team selections)
7x All NBA Defense (Three 1st team selections)
2x DPOTY
2x Finals MVP
2x Champ

It's comparable to say the least